Places littlekelle Wants to Go

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Mexican food and folk art.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.